Tuesday, March 15, 2011

faux painted cabinets.

the past few days, i've spent faux painting some white MDF cabinets to look like dark, "espresso" stained wood. now, you know i love using my faux painting skillz for good and not evil, so when laura contacted me about painting her cabinets, i was excited to take on this project. i do this by using a faux painting technique and product (stain and seal, by faux effects) that i learned about at my old faux painting job (before i started working independently). i think it's really neat that you can take white cabinets and make them look like stained wood...

anyway, here are the "befores":

(don't you love her chocolate and off-white stripes?)

from the other side:

cute knobs, huh?

and, here is the master bathroom:

i didn't put the pulls back on all the way, so they wouldn't scratch the fresh paint...that's why they're a little uneven...

before doing the faux paint, you paint a coat of light brown primer underneath, and that's what gives it a multi-dimensional look - like stained

wood, versus just dark brown painted wood. you can kind of see it in this photo:

i also paint with the idea that i am creating "grains" of wood...unlike painting a solid coat of paint. i do up-and-down motions with my brushes...

Hi kristen. Love your work. Is there any way you can tell us the brand and color of the faux paint you used on these cabinets? we have been searching for this color. If you know where to purchase it that would be great. We are in texas. Thanks, meschelle